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Opioid dependent persons in pharmacotherapy: Blood borne viruses and cancer risk

Faculty: Medicine (Transactional)
Fields: Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
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This project utilises health record linkage to quantify the risk of cancer in opioid dependent people registered for pharmacotherapy in NSW. We will examine the relationship between cancer risk and infection with the blood-borne viruses hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV.

Project team

Professor Claire Vajdic
Medicine & Health
Honorary Associate Professor Lucinda Alleyne Burns
Medicine & Health
Scientia Professor Louisa Jane Degenhardt
Medicine & Health
Professor Limin Mao
Arts, Design & Architecture

Key contact

Professor Claire Vajdic
Medicine & Health
+61 2 9385 1424
claire.vajdic@unsw.edu.au

UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia Telephone +61 2 93851000
Authorised by Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
UNSW CRICOS Provider Code: 00098G ABN: 57 195 873 179

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